Infrastructure
Nakuru Solar Project
The plant will have a 40MW installed capacity.
Nakuru Solar Project is a 40 MW plant located about 7km from Kampi Ya Moto and around 5 km from Mogotio town along the Nakuru-Sigor road.
The utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) plant sits on 400 acres.
Project details
Nakuru Solar Park, which is being developed in three phases, will be made up of about 150,000 solar panels set on a 400-acre private farm in Mogotio.
The solar farm will be connected to the 33kV Ex-Soilo feeder Line for phase one and 132kV Menengai substation for phase two and three, respectively.
Developers
The Nakuru Solar Park is being built by Astonfield Sosian Energy Ltd, through a special purpose vehicle company Sosian Solar Power Project Ltd.
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The facility will be owned and operated by Astonfield Sosian Energy Ltd – a joint venture between Chris Kimojino’s Sosian Energy Ltd, and Astonfield’s Ameet Shah.
Development status
Under construction.
Power purchase agreement
The power generated from Nakuru Solar Park is expected to be sold to Kenya Power under a power purchase agreement that is yet to be made public.
Funding details
The Nakuru Solar Park is expected to cost $65 million.
Funding details are scanty but the shareholders had in 2016 disclosed that they were in talks with unnamed local and international banks to raise senior debt.
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